Jablunkov Transportation

There were quite numerous "bicycle parking lots" in Jablunkov called bike racks in English. Look for them in front of larger stores, churches, town hall and in main town square.
Quite many locals used to travel by bicycle even in cold weather. Add weekend visitors and locals riding bicycles for recreation esp. in sunny summers.

I usually parked my car on empty or almost empty parking lots located on both sides of Jablunkov main square (Marianske namesti). Once or twice - in summer weekends - there was no place there but I always easy found a place for my car somewhere close. The traffic on highway E-75 passing Jablunkov main square was usually light or medium.

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Whenever you drive car in Czech watch road signs.

Tip for non-European drivers:
This T-shape sign on my picture is put in front of dead-end street that is the street which is closed at one end and therefore does not lead anywhere. In the USA there was written dead-end (street) on road sign instead. Be careful, some dead-end streets were too narrow to U-turn in Czech.

Excuse me, it's more Czech (or even Europe) than Jablunkov transportation tip - I will transfer it to my new Czech page, soon!

Whenever you drive car in Czech watch road signs.

Tip for non-European drivers:
This round sign on my picture (white circle with red rim) in the whole Europe means: NO entry or NO traffic - even for bicycles unless otherwise stated on additional small table below. In, say the USA I didn't see such signs but simple "No entry" written on road sign.

The ban works from the place where the sign is put to the nearest crossroad. Hmm... there was one car parked behind the sign.

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Tip for non-European drivers:
Look at the road sign with white arrow put in the middle of ROUND blue circle on my picture. It means: drive straight = do not turn right or left or U-turn. The same arrow put in the middle of blue SQUARE means one-way street. Do not miss these two similar signs!
Btw the sign below means: no stopping any time.

For example in the USA they used to sign one-way streets in quite different way: horizontal arrow and/or one way written on a sign. Hmm... I didn't notice it in the downtown of San Francisco once... thanks very nice, careful and patient Californian drivers I survived. So, I suppose it may happen to American drivers in European cities as well.

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There were not many (in contrast to Poland) bumpy highways in Czech. But... rarely driving some secondary, off the beaten path and montaineous highways they were as bumpy as in Poland. Add here some streets in cities, even in Prague. Watch for manhole covers put in the middle of your lane or along kerbs (curbs) in cities - look at my picture.

Czech authorities pay more and more attention to develop efficient highway system. I noticed more and more new and renovated highways and freeways (motorways) esp. since 90'. It seems that Czech Republic develops in opposite and more natural way than Poland: first highways than cars, I mean.

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Driving many times around Czech I was always a little angry (esp. coming back from the West) about very slooow traffic on even main highways, day and night. Surely expect few (but more and more) 4-lane highways and freeways (motorways).

The most irritating were numerous old Czech trucks, tractors and other old vehicles driving say 40 - 50 km/h (25 - 31 mph) where 90 km/h (56 mph) was safe and allowed. It was not so easy to pass them especially in mountainous areas full of bends and uphills that is in most areas of Czech Republic. Fortunatelly there are more and more modern and faster vehicles on Czech highways.

Excuse me, it's more Czech than Jablunkov transportation tip - I will transfer it to my new Czech page, soon!

Whenever you drive car in Czech watch road signs.

Tip for non-European drivers:
This sign at the top on my picture like in the whole Europe means: NO stopping any time. The ban works from the place where the sign is put on to the nearest crossroad or to the same sign with a table "KONEC" (the end) added below.
The sign at the bottom is put just before each xing = pedastrian crossing. Watch for pedastrians, they are sometimes amused after a few beers, especially close to local bars/pubs.